lexisONE(R) Dreaming Of An Internet Tollbooth

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

Sound far-fetched Acacia Research Corporation an obscure but well-financed company in Newport Beach Calif. has a portfolio of patents that it claims allows it to do exactly that. Acacia holds five patents covering streaming video and audio. The earliest one numbered 5 132 992 was issued in 1992. In 2002 the company began sending out letters demanding licensing fees largely from the lucrative online pornography industry.

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